Yo, congress! Where's the love? (On The Line).Washington Airline employees gathered on October 3 to promote relief for more than a 100,000 aviation workers who are losing their jobs as a result of the September 11 attacks September 11 attacks Series of airline hijackings and suicide bombings against U.S. targets perpetrated by 19 militants associated with the Islamic extremist group al-Qaeda. , while their employers receive a $15 billion bailout bailout The financial rescue of a faltering business or other organization. Government guarantees for loans made to Chrysler Corporation constituted a bailout. from Congress. The AFL-CIO AFL-CIO: see American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations. AFL-CIO in full American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations U.S. has set up a web site for aviation workers and their supporters at www.aflcio.org/sept_11/news_aviation.htm. |
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